Fastener



IINTTED STATES PATENT @rrrcn.

IVILLIAM S. SEYMOUR, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters ratent no. 621,859, dated March 28, 1899. Application filed August 19, 1898. Serial No. 688,972. (No model.)

T0 on whom, it may concern.

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. SEYMOUR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the in vention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in fasteners for clamping or for binding together releasably sheets.

of paper or the like and for preventing neckties from accidentally slipping or shifting their position to the annoyance of the wearer.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents the application of my invention to serve as a necktie-fastener and shows two of the fasteners (in dotted lines) in place in appropriate relation to the collar and necktie. Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of the fastener. Fig. 3 represents a like view from the opposite side thereof. Fig. 4 represents a view similar to Fig. 2, indicating in dotted lines those portions of the ends to be bent up when the device is intended for use as a necktie-fastener. Fig. 5 indicates a section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, it will be noted that the fastener is shown as integral throughout. It is of spring metal of any suitable cross-section, but preferably of ordinary steel wire having sufficient temper to retain the shape into which it is bent and to preserve the necessary resiliency. At its center it is formed into the loop a, from whose base extend the lateral continuations Z). From these continuations b the metal is bent inwardly and rearwardly to form ends 0, which extend past the loop and in close proximity thereto, as shown. The ends a are strongly resilient and when forced away from their normal proximity to the loop tend to return thereto with notable energy and to effectively clamp paper, fabric, or the like inserted in place or to bind or fasten together sheetsof paper. The outer extremities of the ends 0 may also be bent outwardly to form short pin projections 65, so that when, as illustrated in Fig. 1, the fastener (one or more) is clamped upon the lower edge of a collar A pin-points will stick into the band 6 of the necktie f and will effectually prevent the necktie from slipping or shifting its position accidentally in any direction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A fastener having a central loop, lateral extensions at the base of the loop, and spring ends returning diagonally upward and inward from the outer ends of the extensions into close proximity to the upper portion of the loop so as to forman elastic grip between the upper bend of the loop and said ends.

2. A fastener having a central loop, lateral extensions at the base of the loop, and spring ends returning diagonally upward and inward from the outer ends of the extensions to and within the area of the loop and having their ends bent into parallelism and crossing the upper bend of the loop so as to form an elastic grip between the upper bend of the loop and said ends.

3. A fastener having a central loop, lateral extensions at the base of the loop, and spring ends returning diagonally upward and inward from the outer ends of the extensions to and within the area of the loop and having their ends bent into parallelism and crossing the upper bend of the loop so as to form an elastic grip between the upper bend of the loop and said ends, said ends being bent outwardly at their extremities at right angles to the plane of the loop to form short pin projections.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM S. SEYMOUR. 

